Top to Toe: Half day Edinburgh history tour

We meet at the top of Castlehill at the entrance to the castle. The itinerary walks down from top to toe - from the castle to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, a distance of approximately one mile. We visit the exteriors of the major sights on the four main sections or parts of the Royal Mile: Castlehill The Lawnmarket The High Street Canongate Along the way we shall visit some of the closes and wynds (small alleyways leading to where people stayed or worked) off the Royal Mile including Lady Stairs Close, Dunbar's Garden Close, Bakehouse Close and Whitehorse Close and hear stories about famous and infamous past historicial figures. We shall also glimpse across to the New Town of Edinburgh and to Carlton Hill. You will see sharp contrasts of architecture both in the new town and the old town of Edinbugh with the juxtaposition of the old and the new. There is something for everyone on this introductory tour which will give you 'your bearings' for the rest of your time in my native city!